About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
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Archive for July, 2005
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Protectionist policies are so 19th century.
Posted on July 29, 2005 | No CommentsEd: Will someone please explain to me why free trade is good in North (NAFTA) and Central America (CAFTA) , but not to, say, China? Protectionist policies are so 19th century. C’mon guys, get with it. NYT: WASHINGTON, July 28 – It was just before... -
U.S. Muslim Scholars To Forbid Terrorism
Posted on July 28, 2005 | No CommentsWashPost: An organization of top American Muslim religious scholars plans to issue a formal ruling today condemning terrorism and forbidding Muslims to cooperate with anyone involved in a terrorist act, according to officials of two leading Islamic organizations. The one-page ruling, or fatwa, will be... -
Life Imitates Art. Call Phillip K. Dick.
Posted on July 28, 2005 | No CommentsBBC: Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised – a “female” android called Repliee Q1. She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like... -
Murder and Vice on the Lower East Side
Posted on July 28, 2005 | No CommentsEd: So after not having much luck with pitching my thesis as a freelance piece, I’m making my Master’s thesis on the Chinatown bus scene in New York publicly available. If any magazine/newspaper editor reads this and wants to publish it, talk to me. Until... -
Peter Rojas is my hero
Posted on July 28, 2005 | No CommentsEngadget: Gotta love how TechWeb can publish two stories about the Tablet PC with completely conflicting headlines within hours of each other. Better still, both have the same source, namely a research firm called In-Stat. One article focused on In-StatÕs recent report about the state... -
Fun with the Fourth Amendment
Posted on July 28, 2005 | No CommentsFor those of you wanting to make a statement about exerting your constitutional rights over unwarranted search and seizure (ie, if you’re riding the NY subway these days), you can sport these cool-looking shoulder bags that have the Fourth Amendment printed right on the side.... -
I stand corrected
Posted on July 27, 2005 | No CommentsSo I was wrong for the remark about it being bad form to layoff people on a Monday. Writes Paul Boutin: Mondays are actually the recommended best time for layoffs, because it gives people the maximum amount of consecutive weekdays to get moving on finding... -
Geek Factor Podcast #4: Inside the Mac mini
Posted on July 27, 2005 | No CommentsApple unveiled a update to its Mac mini Tuesday that doubled the installed memory of the slim desktop and introduced AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth as built-in features on some models. But if you think thatÕs all there is to the mini, you need to take... -
Wired News Lays Off at Least Five
Posted on July 26, 2005 | No CommentsPaul Boutin points to the fact that Wired News is hitting tough times. The layoffs, announced to employees on Monday, leave the iconic technology Web site Wired.com with no employees bearing the title “staff writer.” In all, three reporters, an unknown number of production employees... -
GoCars!
Posted on July 26, 2005 | No CommentsSo as I was walking to work today I saw one of these driving down 2nd St. My journalistic instincts kicked in — STORY! — but a quick Net research proved that all the big pubs out there covered it. Somehow I missed it when...
